Re: [cobalt-users] Permissions !

[jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jens Kristian Søgaard)]

"WebMost" <dbugger@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This model obviously applies well to the internet, where many users and
> groups use the same files in different ways. You don't want the general
> public to edit your files, but you do want them to read them. They must be
> able to execute some of those files. It's the same problem. This is why
> nearly all servers use UNIX or it's offshoot Linux. And it is also why
> criminals seeking to steal 400,000 credit card numbers first look for an NT
> server where someone was foolish enough to place sensitive data.

Did you ever look at the permission model of NT?

One of the things that I think is a huge lacking of Linux is it's very
primitive permission model. It lacks ACLs!

Luckily efforts have been made to get ACLs into Linux:

        http://acl.bestbits.at/
        http://www.braysystems.com/linux/trustees.html

I hope to have this in kernel 2.6.0 (but you never know).


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